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KoKo3


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Does anyone know (maybe Laura's mom would know the inside scoop) if they ever asked Laura to become a blond for this role or if it was the original intent of Kathleen Marshall to reprise Sandy as a brunette?  Just wondering since I love the fact that they've stuck with her original color but I was just curious if it was ever an issue? 

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Laura was never asked to change her hair color.  I think hair color was only an issue in the minds of some of the public who just had a preconceived notion (based on the movie) that Sandy should be blond.  Other Broadway Sandy's have been brunettes so I don't think hair color ever really mattered to those involved in producing the show--at least as far as I am aware of or have ever heard.

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Oh, thanks so much!  I know that is a silly question.  I was at a get together this weekend, my friends who watched YTOTIW (and who knew that we had just seen Grease) were sitting around wondering this (it was a slow night, I guess!).  I really didn't know how to respond and now I have the definitive answer!  Thanks!  The debate was that such a big deal was made over Max's hair on the show but not much was said about Laura's.  They were wondering if a blonde had won what would have happened, blah, blah.  I just never really questioned it and wasn't sure what the truth was.  Okay, enough about hair, I think Laura is beautiful just the way she is and it was so refreshing to see that they didn't ask her to change a thing! 

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My memory is that Sandy was not a blond in the original show. If I am wrong someone will say something.  It was probably the movie, artificially set as the standard for Grease in many minds, that started the question.

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Carol Demas was a brunette. It's only since Olivia Newton-John played the role that everyone equated Sandy with being blonde.

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